No. 18-7858
Arif Majid v. Jeff Noble, Warden
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial jury-bias jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct religious-prejudice trial-fairness
Latest Conference:
2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a prosecutor's appeals to religious prejudice in closing argument and throughout trial to inflame the passions of the jury embody animus or official hostility that violates due process, where the trial court gives no curative instruction and the evidence that the defendant committed the offense charged is disputed.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a prosecutor's appeals to religious prejudice in closing argument and throughout trial to inflame the passions of the jury embody animus or official hostility that violates due process
Docket Entries
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Noble, Warden to respond filed.
2019-02-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)
Attorneys
Arif Majid
J. Philip Calabrese — Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Petitioner
Jeff Noble, Warden
Benjamin Michael Flowers — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent